Determination of the Fatigue Life of the Vehicle Construction Based on Strength Calculations

Michal Kicko^1, , Peter Frankovský¹, Róbert Huňady¹, Adam Kaľavský¹ and Ján Kostka¹

¹Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University, Košice, Slovakia

Cite this paper:
Michal Kicko, Peter Frankovský, Róbert Huňady, Adam Kaľavský and Ján Kostka. Determination of the Fatigue Life of the Vehicle Construction Based on Strength Calculations. American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2017; 5(6):274-279. doi: 10.12691/ajme-5-6-8

Abstract

The article is divided into three parts. Except the foundations of theoretical knowledges about the fatigue life, the design of the breakdown truck body construction for a particular vehicle is also described in initials. In the second part the stress analysis of this construction is analyzed by finite element method (FEM). Based on this, at the end of the thesis, the fatigue life time is evaluated and compared with the experimental.

Keywords:
fatigue service lifetime breakdown truck body construction Rule EEC 55 Abaqus CAE finite element method (FEM)

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